Goldcorp and Wheaton River gold producers strike friendly merger &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; TORONTO (CP) - Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. - after failing to complete a friendly merger and then avoiding a hostile takeover so far this year - spent Monday promoting the virtues of an agreed merger with Goldcorp Inc. 
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